2026 Municipal Election
Job not finished for Nanaimo's Mayoral incumbent
This article is part of a multi-week feature from NanaimoNewsNOW, profiling Mayoral candidates across the mid-Island ahead of the 2026 Municipal Election. For complete election coverage, click here. NANAIMO - Eight years into the position, Nanaimo's incumbent Mayoral candidate feels his job isn't finished yet. Leonard ...
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Four Straight
Clippers edge Rivermen to begin road swing
NANAIMO - The Clippers stretched their win streak to four games with a 4-3 victory over the Langley Rivermen.An early goal by Roghan Walker staked Langley to a 1-0 lead in a first period where the Clippers were outshot 12-5.Charles Beland tied the game early in the middle frame by scoring in his fifth consecutive game ...
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slow down
Nanaimo elementary school zone speed reduction plan advancing
NANAIMO - Significantly expanding the 30-kilometre-an-hour speed zones in neighbourhoods surrounding seven Nanaimo elementary schools will be considered, likely by the next edition of city council.The city's governance and priorities committee agreed to advance a staff-recommended plan to broaden school zone speed limi...
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Leveling Up
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2026 Municipal Election
Job not finished for Nanaimo's Mayoral incumbent
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Four Straight
Clippers edge Rivermen to begin road swing
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
2026 Municipal Election
One-term Parksville councillor believes he can make greater impact as mayor
This article is part of a multi-week feature from NanaimoNewsNOW, profiling Mayoral candidates across the mid-Island ahead of the 2026 Municipal Election. For complete election coverage, click here.PARKSVILLE - With four years of experience under his belt, Joel Grenz believes he's built up the skills and experience req...
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NAC overhaul
New water feature, extensive maintenance complete as Nanaimo pool to re-open
NANAIMO - Closed for roughly two and a half months, the city's largest aquatic facility is ready to welcome swimmers again.The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre (NAC) will reopen to the public on Monday, Oct. 5, after extensive renovations to essential infrastructure, as well as the installation of a new water feature, which repl...
Oct 2, 2026
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bad driving
Unlicensed driver avoids criminal record for high risk north Nanaimo crash
NANAIMO - Facing potential deportation, a favourable deal allows a young Indian national in Canada on a work permit to remain in the country following a Hammond Bay rd. crash earlier this year. Anmoldeep Singh, 22, was fined and issued a six month driving ban after pleading guilty to the downgraded Motor Vehicle Act ch...
Oct 2, 2026
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vigilante hunter
Former Nanaimo teacher banned after online sting bust
NANAIMO - Arranging a meeting with who he thought was a 14-year-old boy was a costly decision for a former Nanaimo teacher.Carlo Deni Pavan was handed a seven-year teaching ban after he admitted to attempting to meet the boy, who turned out to be a local online vigilante hunter posing as a decoy.Pavan and vigilante hu...
Oct 1, 2026
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Familiar Face
Clippers strike good Fortune with veteran's return
NANAIMO - The Clippers have started well in the new BCHL season with a 3-1 record in September.But their roster will get even stronger in October with the return of forward Patrick Fortune.The 2025-26 team assist leader was trying out in the Western Hockey League, however the door was always open for a return to Nanaim...
Oct 1, 2026
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planning ahead
Nanaimo continues progress on plans to prepare for rising sea levels
NANAIMO - Work is continuing on how the City can prepare and respond to rising sea levels. During the Monday, Sept. 28 governance and priorities meeting, the Sea Level Rise Management Plan, known as "Our Coastal City," was presented, which looked at the possible future implications of rising sea levels in the...
Oct 1, 2026
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British Columbia
Defendant says sorry to former UBC professor days before defamation trial to start
VANCOUVER - One of several accusers of former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway says she now understands her conduct toward him was "serious and harmful" as she apologized just days before a defamation trial in the case is expect...
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Driver arrested after truck crashes into Vancouver, B.C., nursing home
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a driver has been arrested after his pickup truck crashed into a nursing home, split in half and then burst into flames. Police say the crash happened at Renfrew Street and East 22nd Avenue at around 1:30 a.m. Friday. ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Lower Mainland resident allegedly kidnapped, taken to Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after the victim of an alleged kidnapping escaped and asked for help. Kelowna RCMP say their serious crime team has taken over the case since police were initially contacted Monday by a person repor...
Oct 2, 2026
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Both British Columbia NDP, Conservative leader campaigned in the Okanagan Friday
VICTORIA - British Columbia's major party leaders took their election campaigns to the Okanagan Friday to talk about fire safety and the high cost of groceries. Interim Conservative party leader Lorne Doerkson is promising to spend half a billion doll...
Oct 2, 2026
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B.C. man sentenced for 'hateful' messages written on Victoria historic synagogue
VICTORIA - A British Columbia man who defaced a historic synagogue in Victoria with "unquestionably hateful" statements has been sentenced to eight months in jail. B.C. provincial court Judge Micah Rankin's ruling released this week says Arthur Robert...
Oct 2, 2026
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Four people dead in two separate crashes on B.C. roads
Police in British Columbia say four people are dead after two separate crashes on provincial highways on Thursday. Chase RCMP say they were called to Highway 1 west of the village on Thursday afternoon after a crash between a Mercedes SUV and a Honda ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Local Sports
Leveling Up
Three Nanaimo Timbermen standouts chosen in NLL entry draft
NANAIMO - Draft day in the National Lacrosse League was special for the Senior A Nanaimo Timbermen. Three players who just finished their first seasons in the WLA were drafted in the top 33 selections. Right-hander Jeremy Wudrick went 27th overall to the Vancouver Warriors, while defender Joel Mullen was also picked by...
5h ago
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Championship Mentality
John Barsby's varsity football team brings a winning attitude to a new season
NANAIMO - The high school varsity football season has begun in the mid island with the John Barsby Bulldogs winning their season opener 55-34 against Abbotford. Barsby is in a AA/AAA hybrid division with Ballenas out of Parksville and Mt. Douglas and Spectrum schools from Victoria. Initially Nanaimo District Secondary ...
Sep 26, 2026
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Kicking It
VIU soccer teams hit the pitch for 2026 PACWEST season
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners are beginning a new PACWEST soccer season with differing expectations.The women will attempt to win the provincial championship for a third straight time, while the men are hoping to rise up the table after finishing 2-7-3 in 2025.Women's coach Bobbie Taylor said her group will have a strong ...
Sep 12, 2026
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Four Straight
Clippers edge Rivermen to begin road swing
NANAIMO - The Clippers stretched their win streak to four games with a 4-3 victory over the Langley Rivermen.An early goal by Roghan Walker staked Langley to a 1-0 lead in a first period where the Clippers were outshot 12-5.Charles Beland tied the game early in the middle frame by scoring in his fifth consecutive game ...
9h ago
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Familiar Face
Clippers strike good Fortune with veteran's return
NANAIMO - The Clippers have started well in the new BCHL season with a 3-1 record in September.But their roster will get even stronger in October with the return of forward Patrick Fortune.The 2025-26 team assist leader was trying out in the Western Hockey League, however the door was always open for a return to Nanaim...
Oct 1, 2026
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Three Straight
Clippers solid in win over Eagles
NANAIMO - The Clippers ended September with consecutive victories over Cowichan Valley, Blackfalds and Surrey.On Sunday, Sept.27 Nanaimo won 4-1 over the Eagles in a game they led most of the way.Elliot Perreault opened the scoring on an early man advantage before Kole Keen tied the game for Surrey in the first minute ...
Sep 27, 2026
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Canada
Defendant says sorry to former UBC professor days before defamation trial to start
VANCOUVER - One of several accusers of former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway says she now understands her conduct toward him was "serious and harmful" as she apologized just days before a defamation trial in the case is expect...
4h ago
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Ontario air ambulance carrying six people missing off Nantucket: U.S. Coast Guard
An Ontario air ambulance carrying six people, four of them Canadians,
has gone missing off the coast of the United States. The U.S. Coast Guard said it launched a search mission after the Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the plane earl...
6h ago
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Experts eye Alberta referendum as case study on impacts of artificial intelligence
EDMONTON - On any given day, says Aengus Bridgman, if you ask a popular artificial intelligence chatbot and a search engine whether taxes in an independent Alberta would be higher, it might say yes. A few hours later, it could be no. Responses from Goo...
9h ago
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Byline or bot? AI-generated 'journalists' start to appear in Canada
OTTAWA - Quebec correspondent "Geneviève Tremblay" - who has been reporting on multiple news stories a day lately - seemed to be experiencing a glitch. She wasn't the only one. All of We News' reporters and editors seemed to be malfunctioning on Friday...
11h ago
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Quebec political leaders make final pitch as election campaign nears end
MONTREAL - Quebec's political parties are making a final push for undecided voters as the provincial election campaign enters its last weekend before Monday's vote. The leaders of the five main parties made multiple appearances in the province Saturday...
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Michael J. Fox laments Canada-U.S. trade war, says people-to-people ties still strong
OTTAWA - Michael J. Fox says the state of the Canada-U.S. relationship is "sad" and "pointless" but he believes ties between Americans and Canadians on the "human level" remain strong. "It's really sad. It's so pointless. And I have to tell you, it doe...
Oct 2, 2026
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World
Governor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The head of Tennessee's prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday. Lee said that Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this ...
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Voters favor Democrats on key issues but lack faith in either party to solve problems: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Aaron Siever was never a single-party voter. But now, the 41-year-old from southwest Virginia is more frustrated than ever with the two political parties whose chief accomplishment, he says, is blaming each other for getting little do...
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Dual UK-Iranian national released on bail over suspected plot against US-run military base
LONDON (AP) - A dual U.K.-Iranian national arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England has been released on bail, authorities said Saturday. The 25-year-old ma...
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Program helping homeowners cut costs
Nanaimo Homeowners: Centra's $1M Window Efficiency Plan is now over 75% claimed
The Centra Install Pros Window Efficiency Plan - a program helping Nanaimo homeowners cut the cost of new windows and doors - is running out of runway fast. The plan puts up to $650 toward each window or door replaced, drawn from a dedicated $1 million fund set aside for local homeowners. There is no income testing and...
Sep 18, 2026
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Jul 28, 2026
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